Metformin incombination with curcumin inhibits the growth, metastasis, and angiogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma in vitro and in vivo

Zhang, Hui-Hui, Zhang, Ying, Cheng, Yan-Na, Gong, Fu-Lian, Cao, Zhan-Qi, Yu, Lu-Gang ORCID: 0000-0001-9641-3712 and Guo, Xiu-Li (2018) Metformin incombination with curcumin inhibits the growth, metastasis, and angiogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma in vitro and in vivo. Molecular Carcinogenesis, 57 (1). pp. 44-56.

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Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has poor prognosis due to the advanced disease stages by the time it is diagnosed, high recurrence rates and metastasis. In the present study, we investigated the effects of metformin (a safe anti-diabetic drug) and curcumin (a turmeric polyphenol extracted from rhizome of Curcuma longa Linn.) on proliferation, apoptosis, invasion, metastasis, and angiogenesis of HCC in vitro and in vivo. It was found that co-treatment of metformin and curcumin could not only induce tumor cells into apoptosis through activating the mitochondria pathways, but also suppress the invasion, metastasis of HCC cells and angiogenesis of HUVECs. These effects were associated with downregulation of the expression of MMP2/9, VEGF, and VEGFR-2, up-regulation of PTEN, P53 and suppression of PI3K/Akt/mTOR/NF-κB and EGFR/STAT3 signaling. Co-administration of metformin and curcumin significantly inhibited HCC tumor growth than administration with metformin or curcumin alone in a xenograft mouse model. Thus, metformin and curcumin in combination showed a better anti-tumor effects in hepatoma cells than either metformin or curcumin presence alone and might represent an effective therapeutic strategy for HCC treatment.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	angiogenesis, curcumin, HCC, metastasis, metformin
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	19 Jan 2018 15:25
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 06:43
DOI:	10.1002/mc.22718
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3016444